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Cirque
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 OFA NumberRegistry Test Date Report DateAge (months)Final Conclusion
RR-CA356/15M/C-PI CARDIACSep 22 2004 Oct 6 2004  15 NORMAL - CARDIOLOGIST
RR-8000G26M-PIHIPS  Aug 18 2005 Sep 20 2005 26GOOD 
RR-EL2586M26-PI ELBOWAug 18 2005  Sep 20 2005 26NORMAL 
RR-TH795/26M-PI THYROID Mar 20 2007 April 10 2007 45 NORMAL
RR-1047   CERF Aug 20 2005Jan 13 2006   26 TESTED: 05  
RR-BR106/45M-PIBAER HEARING TEST Mar 20 2007 Nov 26 200745 NORMAL

CHIC #: 29808

 
11/10/07 Cirque finished his Gazehound Racing Championship (GRC) at the Large Gazehound Racing Association event hosted by the Southern Idaho Field Association!


Cirque is our first Ridgeback. He has lived up to everything we expected from the breed and more. We wanted an athletic, healthy, strong, devoted dog to accompany us on long backpacking trips and to train for marathons with us. We were looking for a dog with great endurance and one that would thrive in high mountains and desert terrain. We picked the right dog. Cirque can accompany my wife Sally on a 20 mile training runs with no problem and still want to go out to the dog park to play afterwards. He has developed really good trail manners. His temperament is just what we were looking for, self assured but not aggressive. He is just the right amount of protective of our home and our selves. He is really friendly to those he knows and will accept new people readily when we introduce them to him. He earned his Canine Good Citizen Certificate with high praises for his stable temperament from the evaluator. Her only criticism was that he was a little slow in his response to the sit command. That was no surprise as although Cirque is a very obedient dog he does think things through before he does them.
We spend less time backpacking than we had planned because Cirque introduced us to the world of competitive dog sports. He finished his conformation championship owner handled by Sally with 17 points including three five point majors.
He finished his AKC lure coursing field championship with three five point majors, too. He likes to do things in a balanced way I guess. One of those five pointers was at the 2004 RRCUS National Specialty in Plano, Texas when he was about sixteen months old. We entered him just for fun and were very proud when he was judged Best In Field that day. In late 2006 and early 2007 we started concentrating on ASFA lure coursing. Cirque earned his ASFA Field Championship in March 2007. He has 0.25 points to go for his LGRA Gazehound Racing Championship and he has earned a few points towards his NOTRA Oval Track Racing Championship.

Cirque and I finished his AKC Novice Agility title and his Novice Agility Jumpers With Weaves title in May 2006.
He and Sally earned the RRCUS Endurance Trial Certificate at the 2006 RRCUS National Specialty. Sally was the only handler to run the whole course with her hound. For them the 12 mile course was kind of a mid distance run. Cirque started with a high heart rate because he was so excited to run. The Veterinarian/Judge said that his heart rate dropped at each examination. He is a very well conditioned hound.

He and Sally began to compete in Rally Obedience this spring and in March 2007 they earned Cirque's RN. We started tracking classes this fall with Cirque the rest of our pack. He seems to be taking to it pretty well. 

It’s been an honor to share our life with this hound. Oh yeah, he earned his MS (Master Snuggler) with ease, too.

Cirque has sired three beautiful litters with three very nice bitches:

DC Ridge View's Amazing Gracie by Tigris SC from Sara and Steve Glasser's Arroyo Seco Rhodesian Ridgebacks

CH Freedoms Faith by Tigris from Penny Weston's Freedom Rhodesian Ridgebacks.

CH Mwen-Yezi Puttin' On The RIitz NJP Gale Severson's Mwen-Yezi Rhodesian Ridgebacks

We are pleased to anounce the breeding of Cirque and Sophia CH TJI-WARA'S SOPHIA in November 2007. Pregnancy confirmed and litter due early january 2008

 

Jim Harrison

 

May 2007: We had a blast at the Rhodesian Ridgeback Club Of The United State's 2007 National Specialty
Cirque showed in the Stud Dog class with Cash and Joie form his litter with Faith. They looked great and got a look at the final cut. Cirque was also shown by his co-breeder, Susan Ralston, in the Over 50 Handling Competiton. She was 2nd in her class handling our boy.